Γεννησαρέτ [so G T Tr WH], 
-ρέθ [Lachmann in 
Matthew 14:34], [
Γενησαρέτ Rec. in 
Mark 6:53; cf. 
Tdf. edition 2 Proleg., p. xxxv., edition 7 Proleg., p. liv. note
8], (Targums 
גֲּנֵיסַר or 
גִּנּוסַר [according to 
Delitzsch (Römerbr. in d. Hebrew übers., p. 27) 
גִּנֵּיסַר, 
גִּנּוּסַר]; 
Γεννησάρ, 1 Macc. 11:67; Josephus, 
b. j. 2, 20, 6 etc.; 
Genesara, Pliny, 5, 15), 
Gennesaret, a very lovely and fertile region on the Sea of Galilee (Josephus, 
b. j. 3, 10, 7): 
ἡ γῆ Γεννησ. 
Matthew 14:34; 
Mark 6:53; 
ἡ λίμνη Γεννησ. 
Luke 5:1, anciently 
כִּנֶּרֶת יָם, 
Numbers 34:11, or 
כִּנֲּרות יָם, 
Joshua 12:3, from the city 
כִּנֶּרֶת, 
Deuteronomy 3:17, which was near by; called in the Gospels 
ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας, 
Mark 1:16; 
Matthew 4:18; 
ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Τιβεριάδος, 
John 6:1; 
John 21:1. The lake, according to Josephus, 
b. j. 3, 10, 7, is 140 stadia long and 40 wide; [its extreme dimensions now are said to average 12 1/4 miles by 6 3/4 miles, and its level to be nearly 700 feet below that of the Mediterranean]. Cf. 
Rüetschi in Herzog v., p. 6f; 
Furrer in Schenkel ii., p. 322ff; [
Wilson in "The Recovery of Jerusalem," Part ii.; 
Robinson, Phys. Geog. of the Holy Land, p. 199ff; 
BB. DD. For conjectures respecting the derivation of the word cf. Alex.'s Kitto under the end; 
Merrill, Galilee in the Time of Christ, § vii.]. 
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